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Historical Event on 5/16/1994

Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
2/24/1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.